Austin Colvin - 2016 - Baseball - UC Riverside Athletics

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Position Outfielder
Class Sophomore
Hometown Lakewood, CA
High School Lakewood HS

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2016 Finished third on the team in batting average and on base percentage ... Recorded ten multi-hit games ... Had three games with three hits—vs. Long Beach State on April 23 (box score/recap), vs. Cal Poly on May 20 (box score/recap) and at #19 UC Santa Barbaraa on May 26 (box score/recap) ... Drove in a season-high two runs vs. LBSU on April 23 ... Scored a season-high two runs vs. Cal Poly on May 20 and at #19 UCSB on May 26 ... Hit .333/.372/.358 in Big West play ... His batting average and on base percentage against conference competition were second on the team among starters ...
2015 Saw his first action for the Highlanders as a defensive replacement in centerfield in the Highlanders' 3-1 win vs. Portland on February 13 (box score/recap) ... Picked up his first start as a collegian on February 14 vs. Portland (box score/recap) ...Recorded his first hit for the Highlanders vs. San Diego State on February 22 (box score/recap) ... Drilled his first career home run on May 3 vs. Cal State Fullerton (box score/recap) ... Recorded nine multi-hit games ... Had a season-long seven-game hitting streak from March 27 through April 4 ... Hit .225/.260/.282 against Big West competition ...

High School Played baseball at Lakewood High School under coach Walter "Spud" O'Neil ... Helped the Lancers to a 95-32-2 record from 2011-2014 ... Named Freshman Most Valuable Player in 2011, Varsity Defensive Player of the Year in 2012 and Varsity Most Valuable Player in 2014 ...

Personal Austin Colvin is the son of Elaine Colvin ... Acknowledges all of his coaches and teammates through the years as his biggest influence ... Career goal is to become a successful business owner ... Considers going to a university as his biggest achievement ... Roots for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ... Favorite movie is "The Sandlot" ... Favorite book is American Sniper ...